Cigar-marker.



PATBNTBD MAY B, 1906.

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OF YORK, N. Y.

CiGARfmeKER.

Speecetion of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

ipplioation led January 2, i906, Serial No. 294.073.

To elli when?, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, AARON GRUENBERG, e. citizen Vof the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, end Stets of New York, have invented en Iniprovernent in Cigar-Markers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention rel-etes to s cigar-marker and the object thereof is the provision of en i1nproved apparatus for stamping cigars with e. preerrenged merk-such, for instance, as the naine by which the cigar is known in the nierket-not only to identify the cigar, hut also to enhance its general appearance.

In carrying out my invention I employ, in conjunction with s suitable frame, s reversible marker movable vertically in the freine, n. moistener connected to seid marker and movable therewith, and means for applying e suite-bie coloring-metter to those portions of the cigars to which themarker liesbeen spplied, all of Which, together with the accessory devices employed with and the manner of using the apparatus, will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is e front elevetion of my irnproved marker. 2 is e section on line x, Fig. l. Fig. Sis e scctionel plan on line y y, Fig. 1. iront elevation of the press employed in conjunction With my improved marker. Fig. 5 ,is n. plan of the trays ein loyed in the use of my improved marker. ige. 6 and 7 are respectively a front and side elevation of the seine. and Fig. 9 is e partial right member, showing the for the dust-er. Y

Referring particuierly to the drnrvingsl side elevation o en npspring support ern lov a frame corn risin endn Yrie'lrrts ein* i P t n 1 adjacent uprights I) t', enden upper cross erm or rnernher c, all suitehiy nionnted on e stand or teloie d'. Centreliy the inner feces of the upright members c b ere provided with longitudinal slots, each of which passes from the surfe-ce of the upright to e here 3, with which eech of these uprights is provided, and in each of the seid bores 3 e. helical or other 'springl e is employed. Moreover, the inner faces of the uprights are preferably notched in corresponding` positions, es indicated et 4, for e purpose hereinafter specified.

f designates e marker extending between the faces of the recessed portions 4 of the uprights c t end provided at its opposite ends with trunnions 5, adapted to pass through Fig. 4 is sV Fig, S is s. plan of the scoop ein loyed ;'V

the slots 2 andv into the bores 3 in the uprights a b and to rest upon the upper ends of the springs e, contained in the bores in these uprights. On opposite faces of the marker I prefer to ernploy suitable stamps 6, of rubber or other materiel bearing the characters constituting the merk to be applied to the cigars. As commonly packed in boxes there ereverying numbers of cigars to e row, and es I intend to merk all of the cigars in a. given row et one stamping I prefer to arrange the stenip on one face of the marker with a certain num-Y ber of sets of characters and on the other fece With a diderent number of sets of characters, all thc characters on both sides being suitebly spaced and in elinement, and the rubber stamps may be mede removable, so that e stamp bearing any number of sets of characters iney be employed.

g is e. moistener, which, like the msrlrenextends between the faces of the notched portions 4 of the uprights c b, and the moistener is connected to the marker by ineens oi hinge members 7, extending from en oil-center position in either end of the msrkerf to the central points in the end of the rnoistener g. One fece of the rnoistener gis provided with a pad 8, adapted to receive and to be saturated with e. solution of adhesive materiel-such, for inst-ence, es banana-oil, thin gine or muoilsge, or glycerin, and it will be rneniiest from the construction hereinbefore described that the stamp on either side of the rnerlrer may 1ne brought into contact with the surface of the psd, sind by so doing the characters on the sternp Will be coated with e lm of the adhesive materiel. Normally the nioistencr g will fell to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and rest open the shoulder formed by the recessed portion for this purpose. The

inner or opposing feces of the uprights c t ere recessed in corresponding positions to receive springs 9.

f is a cluster inernher employed between the uprights e b end provided et its opposite ends with suitshie trnnnions 1I, edepted to slide Within the springs 9 and to rest in suitable notches et either end'thereof. The springs 9 ere secured in horizontelly-disposed positions within recesses 10 in the inner feces of the uprights c b, so that the duster ineinber f may be forced downward against the action of the springs 9 either Wi thin or Without the uprights e t One face of the duster meinberf is provided with a suitable psd l2, adopted to receive e suitable coloring inste- ISG rialesueh, for instance, as gilt or powdered bronze with which the marks on the cigars are to be made.

In carrying out my invention and in connection with the hereinbei'ore-described apparatus I employ a press h. This press preferably comprises a base 13, uprights 14, a yoke 15, hand-wheel 16, and a feed-screw 17. Extending between the uprights 14 of the press and secured thereto in equallyspaced apart positions, I employ a series of platforms 18, and connected to the feed-screw 1T I employ a frame comprising a series of cross members 19, the opposite ends of which each pass through suitable slots in the uprights 14 and. are connected by end members 20. The number of cross members 1Q preferably corresponds to the number of platforms 19, a

. cross member coming above each platform,

and on its under side each cross member is provided with a depending form 21. I also employ a series of trays i. (Illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.) Each tray contains a form 22, adapted within suitable parallel grooves to receive the number of cigars to be contained in a row in a box. The face of each tray is provided with a llap 23, secured thereto by hinges 24 and normally maintained in an upright position by springs 2.5; but this fiap maybe turned inwardly in transferring the tray from one position to another to bear against the ends oi the cigars to keep the same in place.

In the use ol` the apparatus the trays containing the cigars are placed on the platforms of the press and pressure applied, the forms 21, carried by the cross members of the frame of the press iitting within the trays and corresponding to the forms therein. The cigars being thus shaped are removed from the press and after being marked, as hereinafter set forth, are transferred from the trays to the boxes by means of the scoop Z, (shown in Fig. 8,) which is preferably grooved to keep the cigars in alinement.

The trays may be made to fit between the uprights a l), and a suitable stop maybe employed for the edge of the tray to abut against to insure the cigars assuming a correct position, and a tray being placed between the uprights the markerf may now be brought down against the action of the springs e to contact with the cigars and leave upon each one an imprint in the adhesive material of the characters comprising the mark. The tray with the cigars in the form may now be transferred from the osition between the uprights a b to a simi ar position between the uprights a b', whereupon the duster is brought down on the cigars and a portion ol' the dust on the duster-pad will be deposited thereon. The tray is now removed and the cigars therein subjected to a suitable blower, which carries away all of the dust eX- cept that adhering to the adhesive material left on the cigars by the marker.

It will be understood that when the duster member is brought down to contact with the cigars it is in its position within the uprights a. b and that to replenish the coloring-matter on the duster-pad the duster is moved to the opposite ends of the springs 9 and depressed to bring the pad into Contact with a supply of coloring material contained in a pan e.

I claim as my invention- 1. A cigar-marker comprising a frame, a marker vertically movable in said frame, means for yieldingly supporting the marker, a moistcner and hinges connecting the ends of the marker and moistener so that the former is reversible and may have either of its faces brought into contact with said moistener. Y

2. A cigar-marker comprising a frame, a vertically-movable marker, springs within said Jframe and upon which the marker is yieldingly supported, means for guiding the marker in its vertical movement, a moistener and means for connecting said noistener to said marker so that either vface of the marker may be brought against the moistener.

3. A cigar-marker comprising a frame, a vertically-movable marker, sprfngs within said frame and upon which the marker is yieldingly supported, means for guiding the marker in its vertical movement, a moistener and hinges connecting the ends of the marker and moistener so that the former is reversible and may have either oi' its faces brought into contact with said moistener.

Signed by me this 21st day of December, 1905.

AARON GRUENBERG.

Witnesses GEORGE J. GRL'ENBERG, IsinonE FATE.

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